"Closed beta is something we have been looking forward to for a long time," said Andrew Brown, Executive Producer, Perfect World Entertainment. "Blacklight Retribution features fast and tightly balanced gameplay, an insane arsenal of weaponry, state-of-the-art DirectX 11 graphics, and a level of player and weapon customizability rarely found in the genre. With closed beta, we finally have an opportunity to share all this and more with the community. Game on."

For more information about Blacklight Retribution, or to join the Blacklight Retribution community and play the beta, please visit: http://www.playblacklight.com

ABOUT ZOMBIE STUDIOS INC.

Seattle based Zombie Studios, Inc. is a leading independent developer of PC, Xbox360 and PS3 titles across multiple third party engines including Unreal and Unity. Zombie has been an independent game developer for 17 years with development focus on everything from military simulation and serious games to hand-held and retail quality Xbox360 and PC games. Zombie is also focused on developing properties for use in graphic novels and movies. For more information on Zombie, visit: www.zombie.com

ABOUT PERFECT WORLD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD), primarily publishes online games and provides online services in North America. Aiming to provide the best game services to North American players with the highest level of commitment in localization, quality assurance, and user-friendly publishing infrastructure, Perfect World Entertainment has achieved great success and published a number of MMORPGs, including "Perfect World International", “Ether Saga Odyssey”, “Jade Dynasty”, “Battle of the Immortals”, “Forsaken World”, and a single-player action-RPG "Torchlight”.Perfect World Entertainment also licenses and operates popular games, including the highly-anticipated action-based MORPG “Rusty Hearts”.